“The regulator has submitted a report which I’m told is quite positive for EDF.”

The energy regulator is advisor to President Nicolas Sarkozy on the decision.

Only the GDF Suez consortium, including nuclear specialist Areva and Vinci, a construction company, has bid on the fifth wind park. There are rumors that this project might be cancelled.

But in the next few months France has also planned to begin bidding for a second phase in the project, which will put capacity at 6 GW in the next 8 years.

France hopes to cut down on nuclear dependence with this focus on wind energy. But Europe may be facing an overcapacity of wind farms, and other nations are cutting down on wind subsidies.

Still, this wind farm would offer alternative power to the nation and work toward a reduction in emissions.

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